• Calcif. Tissue Int. · Oct 1988

    Comparative Study

    Peak trabecular vertebral density: a comparison of adolescent and adult females.

    • V Gilsanz, D T Gibbens, M Carlson, M I Boechat, C E Cann, and E E Schulz.
    • Department of Radiology, Children's Hospital of Los Angeles, Ca 90054-0700.
    • Calcif. Tissue Int. 1988 Oct 1;43(4):260-2.

    AbstractTo determine when spinal bone density reaches its peak, the trabecular vertebral density was assessed, via quantitative computed tomography, among females from two age groups: (1) adolescents (aged 14-19 years; N = 24); and (2) young adults (aged 25-35 years; n =24). The adolescent girls had a higher mean trabecular vertebral density (P less than 0.01), suggesting that spinal density reaches its peak around the time of cessation of longitudinal growth and epiphyseal closure.

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